All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom. -Albert Einstein-

time and tide wait for no man.but God makes these happen.bc =before christ.ad =time to go up the normal way after our saviour arrives.pretty big event to happen can you imagine what sort of event would have to take place for our dates to go down again.?

smellycat Wrote:time and tide wait for no man.but God makes these happen.bc =before christ.ad =time to go up the normal way after our saviour arrives.pretty big event to happen can you imagine what sort of event would have to take place for our dates to go down again.?

this dating system did not become common until the 11th century. even then it was only becoming common because of the christianity boom.

it wasn't exactly the 1st thing to be used. there were other ways to number years, some based off of when a certain king or emperor came into power.

who knows? it might not be the last time keeping system. we could eventually use some sort of post-12-21-2012 time system or the way islam is growing, from the date of muhamad's birth.